One Useless Room In Stardew Valley Actually Provides A Solution To The Game’s Scariest Item

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Almost every spot inserves a purpose. Unused corners of the valley host secrets, like the statue in the Lost Woods, and almost every place in Pelican Town is used regularly by the villagers. The only exception to the tightly planned out spaces in the game is in Pierre’s General Store, where one giant room seemingly has no purpose. That room is the chapel to Yoba, an area that feels a little out of place in the rustic Pelican Town with its gold decorations and religious implications.

However, as of update 1.6, the chapel has been given a purpose. That new purpose only relates to one item in the game, which already has a small drop rate, so most players may have never seen it. However, since the item in question is one of the scariest items in the usually wholesome game, the new chapel effect goes a long way to letting spooked players sleep a little more soundly at night.

Cursed Mannequins are one of the creepiest items in the game, which can be especially jarring if players have only interacted with the more whimsical fantasy aspects of the game like the Junimos and Hat Mouse. The items, which come in both female and male form, are a rare drop from Haunted Skulls in The Mines and the Quarry Mine. In fact, there’s only a 0.43% chance of either type dropping when players kill a Haunted Skull.

Visually, Cursed Mannequins are exactly the same as normal Mannequins, except for their eerie purple sheen, so players may not even suspect something is off about them. The in-game description may tip off players about Cursed Mannequin behavior, as it hints, “True to that description, Cursed Mannequins may get up to a few different activities while players are asleep.

Everything Cursed Mannequins do once placed inside the farmhouse is unsettling. They can either swap clothing with the player overnight and watch them when they wake up, move around the house to random spots, or dabble in interior design by changing the wallpaper and floor. Mannequins will also jumpscare the player